U.K. Road Markings

[schmenke]

What do the zig-zag markings on the side of roads indicate?

[Mark]

Pedestrian crossing ahead. No parking.

[schmenke]

Ta.

[306 Cosworth]

and if you do stop(park) on them you can get penalty points and a fine.

[schmenke]

No such thing around here. Lord help you if you're a pedestrian... utter a Hail-Mary before crossing the road :mark:

[veeten]

when you look at them from overhead, they look like teeth.

:eek: 'Eek! The road is gonna eat me!'

:p :

[SOD]

when you look at them from overhead, they look like teeth.

:eek: 'Eek! The road is gonna eat me!'

:p :

Its just a reminder for the guys for what the misses wants later on ;) ;)

[Brown, Jon Brow]

Its just a reminder for the guys for what the misses wants later on ;) ;)

:erm:

[MrJan]

No such thing around here. Lord help you if you're a pedestrian... utter a Hail-Mary before crossing the road :mark:

In Torono the pedestrians seem to rule the world :eek:

[schmenke]

Try stepping off a curb in Montreal... :s

[Dave B]

What do the zig-zag markings on the side of roads indicate?
They mean that if you're a mum using a BMW X5 to pick your kids up from school even though the fat feckers only live half a mile away and the walk would do them good, it's okay to wait there for up to half an hour provided you park a couple of feet away from the kerb so as to block the road.

[Hazell B]

They mean that if you're a mum using a BMW X5 to pick your kids up from school even though the fat feckers only live half a mile away and the walk would do them good, it's okay to wait there for up to half an hour provided you park a couple of feet away from the kerb so as to block the road.

Or, in the frozen North, a Freelander driver with an ashtray to empty out of the window before the chubby smalls finish class.

God, I hate driving past schools :mark:

[PuddleJumper]

Pedestrian crossing ahead. No parking.
If they're painted in white they indicate the approach to a pedestrian crossing. Sometimes they are painted in yellow, usually outside school entrances, but sometimes outside police, fire or ambulance stations with appropriate "Keep clear" writing.